"Sir Cliff Richard was the star performer, but among the performers and celebrity guests were old friends and colleagues, including June Whitfield, Rita Tushingham, and Joanna Lumley. Bryan managed to attend. She died on 23 July 2014 at the age of 91. Prior to her death she had been living at a care home in Hove. Her funeral service was held in August 2014 at St George's Church, Brighton, where she had regularly attended services. Dora Bryan Dora May Broadbent, (7 February 1923 – 23 July 2014), known as Dora Bryan, was an English actress of stage, film and television."
"1980. Since then she has retired from acting, having spent some years concentrating on motherhood. She made a rare television appearance on ""This is Your Life"" in 1995, celebrating the career of Desmond Llewelyn (her co-star in ""Follyfoot""). In the 1970s she married actor Peter Whitbread after meeting him on the set of ""Follyfoot"". They had a son Jake. Gillian Blake Gillian Blake (born 10 May 1949), Buckingham, England is a retired British actress who became well known in the early 1970s as Dora in ""Follyfoot"". Blake studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her"
"Gillian Blake Gillian Blake (born 10 May 1949), Buckingham, England is a retired British actress who became well known in the early 1970s as Dora in ""Follyfoot"". Blake studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her professional career in the late 1960s. She appeared in the 1969 film, ""Goodbye Mr. Chips."" She went on to perform additional roles on television. In 1971 she landed the lead role in a Yorkshire Television Production ""Follyfoot"", which ran for three series until 1973. Her last role of note was in two episodes of the ""BBC2 Playhouse"" series in"
"actress in her own right, her filmography is limited to her appearances with Dame Edna, except for a 1995 appearance, in her late eighties, on an episode of ""Last of the Summer Wine"" as ""Mrs. Broadbent"". She appeared as herself in ""Night of a Thousand Faces"" (2001). Perry retired in 2004 and took up residence in Brinsworth House, Twickenham. She died on 19 February 2008 in Twickenham, South West London, England, aged 100. Emily Perry (English actress) Patricia Emily Perry (28 June 1907 – 19 February 2008) was an English actress and dancer. Born in Torquay, Devon, she was best"
"Dora De Winton Dora De Winton was a British actress of the silent era. Born Dora Wilson in London in 1874, De Winton was a well-known drama and comedy theatre performer during the 1880s. She starred in a number of films from 1912 to 1925, especially melodramas and crime films. She began her film career working with the British & Colonial Film Company in 1912, but with her first feature film in 1913 she worked with the Barker Film Company, where she would remain for most of her acting career. She may be best remembered for her role as Miss"
"Samantha Bond Samantha Bond (born 27 November 1961) is an English actress, perhaps best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films during the series' Pierce Brosnan years, and for her role on ""Downton Abbey"" as the wealthy widow Lady Rosamund Painswick, sister of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham. She is also well-known for originating the role of ""Miz Liz"" Probert in the Rumpole of the Bailey series. Bond is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Samantha Bond is the daughter of actor Philip Bond and TV producer Pat Sandys, and is the sister of the"
"June Brown June Muriel Brown, (born 16 February 1927) is an English actress, known for her role as Dot Cotton in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" from 1985 onwards. In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards, and in the same year, also received the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Soap Awards. In 2009, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, but lost out to Anna Maxwell Martin. She is only the second performer to receive a BAFTA nomination for their work in a soap opera (the first was Jean Alexander). She"
"Doña Croll Doña Croll (born 29 August 1953) is a Jamaican-born British actress. She is best known for her British soap opera roles as Pearl McHugh in Channel 5's ""Family Affairs"" and more recently as Vera Corrigan in the BBC soap opera ""Doctors"", and as Emerald Fox in the popular BBC soap opera, ""EastEnders"". Croll has also played in theatre for many years, notably as the first Black Cleopatra on the British Stage in Talawa Theatre Company's production of William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in 1991. In 2013, Croll returned to the stage with Talawa Theatre Company in their production"
"Leonora Corbett Leonora Corbett (28 June 1908 – 29 July 1960) was an English actress, noted for her charm and elegance in stage roles, and for a number of films made in the 1930s. Corbett was born in London, the daughter of Richard Ashwin Corbett, and was educated at Oxford High School. On leaving school she studied dress designing for two years, but decided that she would prefer the stage. She made her debut in a small part at the Everyman Theatre, Hampstead in 1927, and spent a season with the Festival Theatre Company at Cambridge. In 1930–31 she was"
"at the California Institute of the Arts, a private university located in Valencia (Santa Clarita, California). Amanda's film roles include ""Crazy in Alabama"", ""The Mummy An' The Armadillo"", ""South Dakota: A Woman's Right To Choose"" and ""The Trials of Cate McCall"". In addition to her work on ""Carnivàle"", she has guest starred on the hit TV shows ""Boston Public"", ""ER"", ""Private Practice"", and ""My Name Is Earl"". Amanda Aday Amanda Lee Aday (born January 21, 1981) is an American actress. Is best known for her recurring role as Dora Mae Dreifuss on the first season of the 2003–2005 HBO series"
"as a captain of the Hallamshire Volunteer Rifle Corps. He was an amateur violinist and in 1873 Dora, aged nine, performed alongside him in a benefit concert for his military unit. He died on 1 November 1880, at the age of 50. His business was inherited by his widow, but it failed in 1882. Dora's mother was Katherine Coveney Pitt, an actress, playwright and manager of a theatre company. Also known as Kate Pitt or as Mrs Augustus Bright, she was a daughter of the actors Charles Dibdin Pitt and Ellen Coveney. Charles Dibdin Pitt, who was a son of"
"with a variety group of the British Community Players. She died at age 80 in Brighton. Perlita Neilson Perlita Neilson (born Margaret Phillipa Sowden; 11 June 1933 – 7 April 2014) was an English film, stage and television actress. She was educated at the Aida Foster Theatre School. One of her most notable roles was in 1957 as Anne Frank in the London production of ""The Diary of Anne Frank"". She was born Margaret Phillipa Sowden in Bradford, but spent her early life in Argentina, where her father, Wilson Sowden, worked as an engineer. After her birth, her mother Isabel"
"in 1878. She took a company to Australia, on her return succeeded Mrs Stirling as Martha in ""Faust"" at the Lyceum, and accompanied Henry Irving to the United States. She died on 26 May 1888 at Peckham Road, Camberwell, and was buried in Finchley cemetery. Attractive and buxom, she won acceptance as Dowager Lady Duberly in George Colman's ""The Heir at Law"", Mrs Candour in Sheridan's ""The School for Scandal"", and Mrs. Hardcastle in Goldsmith's ""She Stoops to Conquer"". Mary Jane Seaman Mary Jane Seaman, married name Mrs. Chippendale (1837?, Salisbury – 26 May 1888, Camberwell) was an English actress."
"Judy Parfitt Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt (born 7 November 1935) is an English theatre, film and television actress. She made her film debut in a minor supporting part in ""Information Received"" (1961), followed by supporting role in the BBC television serial ""David Copperfield"" (1966). She also appeared as Queen Gertrude in Tony Richardson's 1969 film adaptation of ""Hamlet"". Later credits include as Vera Donovan in the Stephen King film adaptation of ""Dolores Claiborne"" (1995), and in ""Girl with a Pearl Earring"" (2003), the latter for which she earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Beginning in 2012, Parfitt has"
"Vera Day Vera Day (born 4 August 1935 in London), is a British film and television actress. From the late 1950s Day was a popular figure in British films, a glamorous blonde bombshell who appeared most memorably in the classic Stanley Baker drama ""Hell Drivers"" (1957) and the Hammer science fiction film ""Quatermass 2"" (1957). Her other film roles include that of George Cole’s girlfriend in Mario Zampi’s comedy ""Too Many Crooks"" (1959) and as the heroine in the horror film ""Womaneater"" (1958), one of her few leading parts. Many years later, Day appeared in a supporting role in Guy"
"Blythe and Lola-Blue. She is the cousin of David Howell Evans (The Edge), guitarist of the band U2. Aubrey is an Ambassador for Women for Women International, the charity which helps women survivors of war rebuild their lives. She is an active campaigner working to highlight global violence against women; and patron of The Camberley International Arts Festival. Juliet Aubrey Juliet Aubrey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actress of theatre, film, and television. She won the 1995 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for playing Dorothea in the BBC serial ""Middlemarch"" (1994). She is also known for her"
"from many ""Coronation Street"" actors, celebrity fans and the Labour MP Tracy Brabin, a former ""Coronation Street"" actress, told BBC News, ""She was a legend and an icon, an incredible person to work with. Deeply authentic, a natural comedian and a heart as big as Manchester."" Her funeral took place at Salford Cathedral on 6 October 2017. Liz Dawn Sylvia Ann Ibbetson (née Butterfield; 8 November 1939 – 25 September 2017), known professionally as Elizabeth Dawn or Liz Dawn, was an English actress, best known for her role as Vera Duckworth in the long-running British soap opera ""Coronation Street"". First"
"as a result of complications of a stroke and was cremated at Bournemouth Crematorium. Dorinda Stevens Dorinda Stevens (16 August 1932–25 October 2012) was a British television and film actress of the 1950s and 1960s. Stevens was born Doreen May Stevens in Southampton in the UK, the daughter of and Winifred (née Lucas). During World War II aged ten she was evacuated to Houghton in Hampshire where she appeared in amateur dramatics to entertain the troops. She studied elocution and was teaching it by age 13. She joined the Southampton Repertory Company where she was spotted for her good looks"
"Verity Rushworth Verity Charlotte Rushworth-Shaw (born 15 August 1985 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Donna Windsor in the ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"" from 1998 to 2014. Rushworth attended St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston. She trained at the SLP College, Leeds. In 1997, Rushworth had small roles in ITV television programmes such as ""Heartbeat"". In 1998, at the age of 12, she went on to play her most notable role of Donna Windsor in the ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"", having taken over the role from Sophie Jeffery who"
"Street"" and ""Emmerdale"". She died of cancer at the age of 56. The final scenes she recorded for ""Brookside"" went to air after her death. Doreen Sloane Doreen Sloane (24 February 1934 in Birkenhead – 8 April 1990 in Liverpool) was an English actress, best known for playing Annabelle Collins, one of the original characters in the soap opera ""Brookside"" on Channel 4. She trained at the Elliott Clarke Theatre School in Liverpool and appeared in repertory theatres before being cast in the first of four roles in ""Coronation Street"". Sloane also appeared in the films ""Yanks"" and ""Chariots of"
"adventure series by Big Finish Productions, Yasmin is the 3rd actress to play Dayna following Josette Simon in the television series and Angela Bruce in the BBC Radio series. Yasmin Bannerman Yasmin Bannerman (born 1972) is an English actress. Bannerman was born and brought up in Gloucestershire and attended the Rose Bruford College in London until 1993. She has had roles in television series such as ""Hollyoaks"", ""Cold Feet"", ""Merseybeat"" and ""Doctor Who"", and in the films ""Maybe Baby"" and ""Killing Me Softly"". Yasmin Bannerman was born and brought up in Gloucester, where she attended St Peter's Roman Catholic School."
"Creation"", with Beecham, in Sydney in 1940. Lucas, John. ""Thomas Beecham – An Obsession with Music"", Boydell Press, 2008, Dora Labbette Dora Labbette (4 March 1898 – 3 September 1984) was an English soprano. Her career spanned the concert hall and the opera house. She conspired with Sir Thomas Beecham to appear at the Royal Opera House masquerading as an Italian singer by the name of Lisa Perli. Away from professional concerns she had an affair with Beecham, with whom she had a son. Labbette was born Dorothy Bella Labbett in the London suburb of Purley, the daughter of a"
"appearances include episodes of ""Climax!"", ""Bourbon Street Beat"", and ""Bonanza"". She had a guest appearance on ""Perry Mason"" as Florence Harvey in the 1959 episode, ""The Case of the Romantic Rogue"". Haden played Dora Darling in ""My Favorite Martian"", season 2 episode 28, ""Once Upon a Martian's Mother's Day"" in 1965. She was married to film actor Richard Abbott (born Seamon Vandenberg; 1899-1986) from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. Sara Haden died on September 15, 1981 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 82. Sara Haden Sara Haden (born Catherine"
"Freda Dowie Freda Dowie (born 22 July 1928) is an English actress. She was born in Carlisle, Cumberland. Her television credits include: ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Doomwatch"", ""Edna, the Inebriate Woman"", ""Upstairs, Downstairs"", ""The Carnforth Practice"", ""I, Claudius"", ""The Old Curiosity Shop"", ""The Pickwick Papers"", ""Lillie"", ""Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"", ""Our Friends in the North"", ""Lovejoy"" and ""Heartbeat"". Her film career includes roles in ""Subterfuge"" (1968), ""The Omen"" (1976), ""The Monk"" (1990), ""Butterfly Kiss"" (1995), ""Jude"" (1996), ""Cider with Rosie"" (1998), and ""Fragile"" (2005). For co-starring as the Mother in the 1988 film ""Distant Voices, Still Lives"", she"
"1981, exactly five months after the day she had died, in Westminster, London, aged 63. Joan Benham Joan Benham (17 May 1918 – 13 June 1981) was an English actress best known for her portrayal of Lady Prudence Fairfax in the ITV period drama series ""Upstairs, Downstairs"". She was born in London and was the first cousin of Hollywood actress Olive Sturgess. Although her career mostly centred on television, Benham began her career appearing on the West End stage in the 1940s and continued to appear on the London stage periodically throughout her career. She appeared on Broadway as Helena"
"Sandra Dorne Sandra Dorne (born Joan Smith; 19 June 1924 – 25 December 1992) was a British actress. Also known as Sandra Holt, she was often known in the 1950s as the B-film Diana Dors. As a platinum blonde, she was a regular female lead in B-films in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She trained at the Rank Organisation's ""charm school"". Film roles dried up as she grew older, but she still found work and acted mainly in British television, appearing in such series as ""Z-Cars"", ""The Avengers"" and ""The Third Man"". She was married to the actor Patrick"
"experienced hairdresser setting up a salon business in the Crossroads Motel. Despite a rough veneer and bad choices, Gladstone's character, Vera Downend, was essentially a ""positive"" character and developed favourable fan reaction. Gladstone was signed to a contract, which she kept until her departure in October 1977. Gladstone's most famous role would also be her last on television. She died in London in 2002 at the age of 65. Zeph Gladstone Zephyrine Frances ""Zeph"" Gladstone (20 September 1937 - 28 October 2002) was an English television actress, from Norwood in south London. She was best known for her role as"
"Dorothea Baird Dorothea Baird (20 May 1875 – 24 September 1933) was an English stage and film actress. Her first stage appearance was with the Oxford University Dramatic Society in February 1894, when she played Iris in ""The Tempest"". She went on to appear in a number of distinguished Shakespeare plays with her husband, H. B. Irving. She made her London debut in 1894 as Hippolyta in Ben Greet's production of ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". In 1895 she played the lead role in Herbert Beerbohm Tree's stage play ""Trilby"" at the Haymarket Theatre, an adaptation of the novel of the"
"Lindsey Stagg Lindsey Anne Stagg (born 1970) is an English former child actor known for playing Pandora Braithwaite in the television dramatisations of ""The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾"" (1985) and its sequel, ""The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole"" (1987). These were her only television appearances. The daughter of Barbara A. (""née"" Leney) (born 1945) and Terence F. Stagg (born 1943), who married in 1966 at Rochford in Essex, she was discovered by Michael Napier Brown, the artistic director at the Royal Theatre in Northampton, where she was born (he also discovered her co-star in the series, Gian"
"Lilian Braithwaite Dame Florence Lilian Braithwaite, (9 March 1873 – 17 September 1948), known professionally as Lilian Braithwaite, was an English actress, primarily of the stage. She was the daughter of a clergyman, and born in Ramsgate, Kent. She was educated at Croydon High School. Braithwaite first acted with amateur companies. Her first professional London appearance was in ""As You Like It"" in 1900. She appeared in the 1927 Alfred Hitchcock film ""Downhill"". Her greatest triumph was as the alcoholic mother in Noël Coward's groundbreaking drama ""The Vortex"". She proved that comedy was her greatest asset in a succession of"
"Zeph Gladstone Zephyrine Frances ""Zeph"" Gladstone (20 September 1937 - 28 October 2002) was an English television actress, from Norwood in south London. She was best known for her role as the ""tart with a heart"" hairdresser Vera Downend on the soap opera ""Crossroads"", a role she played from 1970 to 1977. Gladstone started her television career in ""ITV Play of the Week"" in 1964. She moved on to a permanent part on the series ""Dixon of Dock Green"", but it is her role on ""Crossroads"" that was most enduring. Gladstone started on the series in June 1970, playing an"
"Constance Collier Constance Collier (22 January 1878 – 25 April 1955) was an English stage and film actress and acting coach. Born Laura Constance Hardie in Windsor, Berkshire to Cheetham Agaste Hardie and Eliza Collier, Constance made her stage debut at the age of 3, when she played Fairy Peasblossom in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". In 1893, at the age of 15, she joined the Gaiety Girls, the famous dance troupe based at the Gaiety Theatre in London. She was a very beautiful woman and soon became so tall that she towered over all the other dancers. In addition, she"
"Nora Swinburne Leonora Mary Johnson (24 July 1902 – 1 May 2000), known professionally as Nora Swinburne, was an English actress. She is best known for her appearances in many British films. Swinburne was born in Bath, Somerset, the daughter of Henry Swinburne Johnson and his wife Leonora Tamar (née Brain). She was educated at Rosholme College, Weston-super-Mare, and studied for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. As a member of Clive Currie's Young Players in 1914, she appeared at the Grand, Croydon, Court and Little Theatres, during that year. In 1914 she attended an audition with"